Proserpine, Queensland

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Proserpine
Queensland

Proserpine Sugar Mill dominates the Skyline of the eponymous town

Population:

3,316 ^[1]

Postcode:

4800

Elevation:

20 m (66 ft) ^[2]

Location:

1074 km (667 mi) NW of Brisbane
126 km (78 mi) NW of Mackay
68 km (42 mi) SE of Bowen

LGA:

Whitsunday Regional Council

State District:

Whitsunday

Federal Division:

Dawson

Mean Max Temp	Mean Min Temp	Rainfall
28.7 °C ^{84 °F}	17.6 °C ^{64 °F}	1,336.3 mm ^{52.6 in}

Proserpine is a town situated on the Bruce Highway in the state of Queensland, Australia. The town is a sugar producing centre. At the 2006 census, Proserpine had a population of 3,316.^[1]

Early settlers established the town in the 1880s and named it after the ancient Greek goddess Persephone (Latin: Proserpina).

The town has the regions Hospital, Rail Station, Airport, Olympic 8 lane pool, Sporting Complex, Entertainment Centre, High School and Future Catholic High School.

The town has more than five parks and new ones being constructed in various new housing estates around the town.

[edit] Sugar Industry

The town is surrounded by sugar cane fields. The sugar cane cut there during the harvest season is brought over a network of narrow-gauge (2 feet) railways to Proserpine Sugar Mill, established in 1897. ^[3]

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^ ^a ^b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Proserpine (Urban Centre/Locality). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-11-22.
^ Bureau of Meteorology Retrieved 2007-11-22.
^ Proserpine Sugar Mill

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